Athena' lander has captured amazing views of the moon from lunar orbit. Credit: Space.com | footage: Intuitive Machines | ...

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Intuitive Machines, Inc. (NASDAQ:LUNR) is one of the best space stocks to buy according to hedge funds. On July 16, 2025, the ...

The spacecraft's laser range finder, or LRF, experienced an anomaly that prevented Resilience from obtaining valid measurements of its distance from the lunar surface.

Employees of ‘ispace’ react as they wait for the signal from the touchdown of its lunar lander Resilience on the Moon at a venue to watch its landing in Tokyo, Japan, June 6, 2025.

Athena is scheduled to reach the lunar surface on Thursday, March 6. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the uncrewed lunar lander lifted off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at the Kennedy Space Center in ...

In April 2023, ispace's first lander crashed on the Moon due to a similar altitude measurement problem. The spacecraft thought it was on the surface of the Moon, but was actually firing its engine ...

In March, the company embarked on its IM-2 mission with its Athena lunar lander. As part of this mission, it sent it to the moon's south pole.

NASA, for its part, had already spotted the wreckage. About a week after the crash, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter passed about 50 miles above the landing site, Mare Frigoris — and snapped a photo ...

Spacecraft from NASA and India's space agency have snapped orbital photos of the Japanese lunar lander Resilience after its ...

Earlier this year the company ended its second moon-landing mission after less than 24 hours on the lunar surface, after its Athena lander also toppled over. Related: ...

Astrobotic's first lunar lander missed the moon altogether in 2024 and came crashing back through Earth's atmosphere. Sponsor Message. For decades, governments competed to get to the moon.